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Re: Slowdowns in code generated by GCC>=3.3
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Földy Lajos <foldy@rmki.kfki.hu> writes:
>
> > not portable, but on i386 you can try using the good old inline assembly:
> >
> > void* pc;
> > ...
> > pc=&&lab;
> > __asm__("jmp *%0" : : "a" (pc));
> > ...
> > lab:
>
> No, you can't do this. Asm statements cannot alter control flow.
>
> zw
>
and what about adding the real goto (which will be never executed, but
gcc will have "almost real" control flow):
__asm__("jmp *%0" : : "a" (pc));
goto *pc;
regards,
lajos